Lead Full Stack Engineer - Req002001_1 - 3175 - Remote Eligible

College Board - Technology - Item Cloud Blue

This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). This is a full-time position.

About the Team

The Item Cloud team is committed to building and driving innovation for internal-facing web applications that support College Board\'s core products. Our team consists of 2 small squads, each of which owns a unique, data-intensive, high-impact, single-page web application that represents our internal content creation processes. We own the full stack, from the infrastructure in AWS to the front-end and back-end code deployed there. We build everything serverless, in the cloud, leveraging current technologies and novel techniques to be a force-multiplier for the programs we serve. We are remote, but close-knit. We are strong advocates of work/life balance and flexibility with schedules when needed. We often accomplish our work through paired or mob programming. We are proactive, passionate, and outcome-oriented, putting a premium on quality and efficiency. We use Agile scrum to manage our work and deliver value regularly following a DevOps model. The impact of our efforts as creative problem-solvers and idea-generators leads to innovations and dramatic improvements in College Board\'s biggest program applications, serving millions of students to help them take ownership of their future.

About the Opportunity

The Lead Engineer on our Item Cloud team offers a dynamic and collaborative environment where you\'ll lead design, implementation, and test high-performance, fault-tolerant serverless and container-based applications in the cloud. You\'ll be at the forefront of enhancing our search capabilities with OpenSearch, improving the content authoring experience, and advancing our CI/CD processes and documentation practices. The role is ideal for a communicative and approachable technologist who thrives on innovation and continuous learning, and is driven by the challenge of applying cutting-edge cloud-based solutions in an innovative and mission orientated Technology organization.

In this role, you will:

Design & Implementation (60%) - Design and implement high-quality software using the latest technologies with a focus on building component-based, cost-effective, scalable, and secure solutions using design patterns to improve collaboration with other microservices/apps and promoting code reuse - Maintain the highest engineering standards in collaboration with product owners, architects, and stakeholders, in support of our systems and services - Understand new product capabilities and decompose the implementation into specific functional changes for verification - Build solutions using the best practices of Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps.

Team Operations & Success (20%) - Participate in, or lead Agile SCRUM ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Grooming, Daily SCRUM, Demo) and contribute to team deliverables. - Participate and lead peer reviews of software engineering artifacts - Assist in the resolution of production issues - Adhere to development standards and security policies and procedures - Adopt the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practice of rapidly implementing, testing, and delivering high-quality code based on the team\'s DevOps model - Continuously develop the skills required to work as part of the Agile team in a poly-skilled development environment.

Software Solutioning & Design (20%) - Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the customer\'s business processes and operations - Work closely with Solutions Architect, Lead Engineer and Data Leads evaluating feature requests, providing level-of-effort estimates and contribute to sprint planning - Conduct and participates in peer code and design reviews

About you, you have:

5-8 years of production level software development experience managing the entire lifecycle of features, including design, development, documentation, and deployment, with a focus on clear and accurate interfaces and integrations. Proficiency in reviewing and improving code structure and architecture for testability, maintainability, and scalability, with hands-on experience in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, and AWS Serverless technologies. Strong problem-solving skills, working collaboratively with team members to identify and resolve issues, and partnering with Product Owners to prioritize backlog. Proven ability to pitch new ideas and implement improved systems and processes, delivering excellent results. Effective communicator and team lead, able to provide actionable feedback, mentor team members, and participate in interviews to evaluate engineering talent. Ability to travel 3-5 times a year to our NYC or R